@INeedMana to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-215 days agoTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closerwww.youtube.commessage-square71arrow-up1357arrow-down115
arrow-up1342arrow-down1external-linkTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closerwww.youtube.com@INeedMana to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-215 days agomessage-square71
minus-square@disguy_ovahealinkEnglish7•15 days agoThis is a pretty accessible visualization of gravity. https://youtu.be/b9XhexlQMZw
minus-square@thenextguylinkEnglish1•15 days agoBut it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
minus-square@CouldbealeotardlinkEnglish4•15 days agoIf it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•15 days agoIt’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.
This is a pretty accessible visualization of gravity.
https://youtu.be/b9XhexlQMZw
But it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
If it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.
It’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.